Abyss of Cenote

At the end of day one on the Abyss of Cenote expedition the clouds rolled in over base camp, which was sheltered in a relatively flat floored bowl beneath the peak of the Conturines Spitze (mountain). Expedition members milled around their tents unpacking bags, sorting out gear for the following day, whilst others cooked a fantastic meal in the large communal orange tent in the foreground. The communal tent was an integral part of the expedition, being a place to offer shelter and warmth to the whole group, a place for charging batteries and laptops, and also a place for socialising and strategising. I spent many hours in here with the expedition team and often lost track of what was going on in the world beyond the thin walls of the tent.